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Anjem Choudary

1967 - Today

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Anjem Choudary (born 18 January 1967), also known as Abu Luqman, is a British Islamist who has been described as "the face" of militant Islamism or the "best known" Islamic extremist in Britain. He was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2024 after being found guilty of directing a terror organisation. Members of his group have been accused of being linked to between 25 and 40% of terrorist events in Britain up to 2015 according to various researchers, journalists and others, and of inspiring more than 100 foreign fighters to fight in jihad according to the UK government. After staying "just within the law" for many years, in summer of 2014 Choudary pledged allegiance to the Islamic State's "caliphate", and its "caliph" Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi by Skype. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anjem Choudary is the 787th most popular social activist (down from 748th in 2019), the 7,365th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,900th in 2019) and the 50th most popular British Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Anjem Choudary ranks 787 out of 840. Before him are Virisila Buadromo, Ridhima Pandey, Amanda Knox, Sonita Alizadeh, Sophia Kianni, and Claire Nouvian. After him are Luisa Neubauer, Yelena Grigoryeva, Maryam al-Khawaja, Frances Haugen, Emma González, and Cenk Uygur.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Anjem Choudary ranks 867. Before him are Masahiro Shimoda, John Harkes, Adam Johnson, Barbara Kendall, Sean Burke, and Hitoshi Morishita. After him are Andre Arendse, Tim Flowers, Tommy Page, Malini Awasthi, Carwyn Jones, and Carl Hester.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Anjem Choudary ranks 7,367 out of 8,785. Before him are Beth Orton (1970), George Burley (1956), Ashley Madekwe (1983), Scott Booth (1971), Danny Dyer (1977), and Katherine Jenkins (1980). After him are Sandy Lyle (1958), Liv Boeree (1984), Katharine Gun (1974), James Gall (1808), Sanjeev Bhaskar (1963), and Bat for Lashes (1979).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United Kingdom

Among social activists born in United Kingdom, Anjem Choudary ranks 50. Before him are Samuel Gompers (1850), Flora Drummond (1878), Arthur Scargill (1938), Anna Howard Shaw (1847), Anthony Dod Mantle (1955), and Polly Higgins (1968). After him are Lilly Platt (2008), and Abby Gustaitis (1991).

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